Git diff pager disable command line

Question

Is there a command line argument to pass to git diff and other commands, that use the less pager by default.

I know I can pipe it to cat; but that removes all the syntax highlighting;

I know I can set the pager in the global .gitconfig to cat by GITPAGER=cat (or something like that); but I want to have pager sometimes (depending on the size of the diff)

But, I prefer the command line option if there is one; and I am not able to find one, going thro' the man pages.

Answer 1

--no-pager to git will tell it to not use a pager. -F to less will tell it to not page if the output fits in a single screen.